Kraftwerk

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I have to write my review and prepare stuff for tQ before I go to bed and then get back up again at 6am with my son so I'll have to limit myself to saying... I really enjoyed it! Sorry. (There'll be a shortish live review with pictures on the Quietus tomorrow fingers crossed.)

Ah, no worries. I'll be definitely looking forward to what you've got to say about it on the site :)

Don't want to spoil anything for those that are going this week, especially Matt#2 who could easily punch me tomorrow.

I have a pro-tip tho', apparently the sound is much better the closer you are to the front..

Couple of pics.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8102/8451713948_84437146d5.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8239/8451714590_6b0c1e0daf.jpg

This was immense.

The Robots
Autobahn
Kometenmelodie 1
Kometenmelodie 2
Mitternacht
Morgenspaziergang
Geiger Counter
Radioactivity
Trans-Europe Express
Spacelab
The Model
Neon Lights
The Man-Machine
Numbers
Computer World
Computer Love
Home Computer
It's More Fun to Compute
Tour De France 1983
Tour De France 2003
Vitamin
Planet of Visions
Boing Boom Tschak
Techno Pop
Musique Non Stop

One more, this was my view all night.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8086/8452262228_c59be62451.jpg

stoked 4 the madness 2nite, that setlist is amazing!

I forgot what a jam 'Vitamin' is.

radio-active krew here too

did you see them in '07 jabbs

08 i think it was, in NZ. it was amazing. if anything tate modern promises to be an even more spectacular venue than auckland town hall.

So, what kind of Kraftwerk 'merch' is on sale there?

Autobahn Ts, Tote bags from most album covers, Two hardback photobooks - one in 3D, the vinyl and CD box set and a bunch of posters.

I was hoping for a teapot.

I managed to get the (black) CD box set about a year ago, £60 off Amazon

Vom Himmel Hoch! Kraftwerk play Autobahn at the Tate Modern

Some words written on the bus on the way home last night.

Nice, makes me look forward to the full length essay.
Also:
1) You waved with your money (!) Awesome (I didn't know the backstory)
2) You're going to all the shows!

2) We had something 'big' sorted out with Kraftwerk that fell through at the last minute, the tickets were a gesture of commiseration I think. I wanted to spread them round the Quietus writers but it's all done by photo ID... I'm disappointed by that but I'm not going to lose too much sleep over watching all of them myself!

Someone's gotta do it..
Care/allowed to elaborate a little on 'something 'big''?

Give me another week until the shows are over and if you're still interested I'll let you know.

worried they'll nix your tix ;-)?

Ha ha ha, not really, just professional politeness. Something I've only started worrying about very late in life admittedly...

nice write up - reminds me of when they came to Milwaukee in '08, I wound up next to these kids who were like 15, had custom KW T-shirts ("BOING" "BOOM" and "TSCHAK"), going mental to every song, and I was like..these cats get it

I love shit like that. My GF knitted me an Autobahn cover V neck jumper. If I wear it out there's always at least three dudes who want to buy it off me. I wore it when I was interviewing Andy McCluskey and he just stared at it for the entire 30 minutes.

When I saw them at Brixton in 1991 there were a few hardcore fans down the front wearing white lab coats.

^^great anecdotes.

I'll get back to you in a week Doran!

Nice writes, Doran!!

jealous of the people seeing Radioactivity tonight. what a weird record, even for them.

if I could hear "Radioland", "Airwaves", and "Antenna" live...damn, someone record this!!

So, did they blow into Recorders for the performance of "Morgenspaziergang" last night or WOT?

Nah, no winds no piano, just the melody kinda repeated, bit of an afterthought really. I can imagine Ralf thinking, 'how am I going to render this hippie nonsense?'

Going again tonight and getting the butterflies thinking about it now, could get used to this, kinda envious of Doran's residency...!

Great pics and feedback from the gig, folks! Top stuff.

after seeing last night and how amazing it was, now have the rest of the week to get excited about Man Machine plus i'm seeing a performance of George Antheil's Ballet Mechanique beforehand at the RFH which is nice and thematically linked and its basically going to be the best day ever

ah fuck the BBC just called me middle aged: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21315793

gotta laugh a bit at the piece from Flur on the Quietus today...doesn't seem bitter at all!!

"Mostly middle-aged" tho. I am so jealous of all you people btw

youtube started throwing up tons of grade A live kraftwerk for me about three weeks ago, including captures of the Düsseldorf shows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QHkkM0_g4U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWsQgmq-fNs

lo-fi audience recording of January's Radio-Aktivität. the big disappointment is that News & Transistor aren't live at all, just them playing short excerpts straight off the record -- but Airwaves & Antenna are fun

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LobKHcGaMuo

the Flur article is hilarious

http://thequietus.com/articles/11330-wolfgang-flur-kraftwerk

Indeed, it is! Especially the comments on the bands outfits!

ILX Screenwriters Presents 'It was all Yello: The Coldwerk Sessions'

For Jill or anybody else. Just met a friend who got in tonight without an advance ticket, he pitched up at six and queued at the left hand entrance at the front, he said it was no trouble at all. So there *is* a system in place.

[starts to emit a high-pitched keening noise]

urgh why am I torturing myself by reading this thread?

Lovely to meet Neil S of this parish at KW tonight. Spotted Andy McCluskey of OMD stood behind us and a guy with a knitted Man Machine jumper that put mine to shame...

Oh God, even better Radioland was so, so fucking lovely.

Spotted Andy McCluskey of OMD stood behind us...

― Ima Pay Close Attention To Your Post (Doran), Thursday, February 7, 2013 11:45 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

He's become a bit of a talking head for these shows, hasn't he? Not that it surprises me at all!

The sound in there was amazing. So excited to hear bits coming from all around me. it was so clear. We were unfortunate enough to end up standing next to a couple, where the guy was giving a running commentary to his girlfriend all night, but I guess that's what happens to me at most London gigs.

HOLY FUCK

that was quite good

radioland was heavenly

http://thequietus.com/articles/11330-wolfgang-flur-kraftwerk

Indeed, it is! Especially the comments on the bands outfits!

― The Jupiter 8 (Turrican), Thursday, 7 February 2013 19:50 (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Aww, that last paragraph..